JVD Collectibles

  Magic: The Gathering Alpha and Beta Power Cards: History, Value, and the Market for the Power Nine In the summer of 1993, a small company called Wizards of the Coast released a new kind of game that would forever change hobbies, collectibles, and competitive gaming. Created by mathematician and game designer Richard Garfield, Magic: The Gathering introduced the world to the trading card game. Its first printings, Limited Edition Alpha and the quickly following Limited Edition Beta, contained a handful of cards so powerful and so scarce that they became legends. These cards, known collectively as the Power Nine, remain the most iconic and valuable nonpromotional cards in the entire history of the game. 1993 Magic the Gathering Booster Pack.  Check this card out on eBay. The Birth of Magic and the Limited Edition Print Runs Magic: The Gathering premiered at the Origins Game Fair in 1993 and received a general release that August. The first print run, later dubbed Alpha, consis...

 The summer of 2026 turned into one of those stretches where the trading card world felt less like a hobby and more like a high-stakes auction house mixed with pure lottery luck. July and August delivered a string of sales that cleared a million dollars, some of them by a comfortable margin, and a few that made even longtime collectors stop scrolling and just stare at their phones. It started building early in July. A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle graded PSA 8 changed hands for about $1.56 million. That card has been the hobby’s blue-chip stock for decades, and seeing another high-grade example still command that kind of money reminds you why the Yankees legend never really goes out of style. Around the same time, a Tom Brady 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Ticket autograph cleared $1.1 million. Brady’s cards have been million-dollar regulars for years, but it still feels wild every time one hits that mark. Mickey Mantle 1952 Topps Baseball Trading Card.  Check this card out o...

  Noah Lyles Onyx Authentic Autograph 2026 Onyx. Check this card out on eBay Noah Lyles has always been a little different. Most elite sprinters live in a world of splits, recovery sessions, and carefully measured media appearances. Lyles does all of that too, but he also shows up at card shows looking for rare Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards like a regular collector who just happens to be the Olympic 100-meter champion. That hobby, it turns out, is what led to something track and field has never really had before. In the summer of 2026, Lyles and Onyx Authenticated launched the first proper track and field trading card set built the way collectors actually like them, packs, boxes, autographs, race-worn memorabilia, the whole experience. It dropped right as the USATF Outdoor Championships were happening at Icahn Stadium in New York, which felt intentional. Why sell these only online when the people who care most about the sport are already gathered in one place? The idea came from a ...

  Royce Alexander White NBA Hall of Famer, WNBA Prospect Royce White has always been the kind of guy who refuses to stay in his lane. Back in 2012 the Houston Rockets took him 16th overall out of Iowa State, a 6-foot-8 forward who led his team in basically every major statistical category. He had the size, the skills, and the stats. What he also had was severe anxiety, especially around flying, and that pretty much ended any real NBA career before it started. He played three games for the Sacramento Kings a couple years later and bounced around the G League and Canada after that. Most people wrote him off as another first-round bust with personal issues. White never accepted that story. Instead he turned into one of the more unpredictable political figures in Minnesota. He ran for Senate as a Republican in 2024, lost to Amy Klobuchar, and came back for another shot in 2026. That primary didn’t go much better. He finished a distant third with around 11 percent of the vote. A few da...